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Album by The Men They Couldn't Hang
Night of a Thousand Candles Demon
Producer Nick Lowe , Harold Burgen, Philip Chevron , Tony Poole
Night of a Thousand Candles How Green Is The Valley
"The Green Fields of France
" "Ironmasters" "Greenback Dollar"
Night of a Thousand Candles
The Green Fields of France" reached number 3 on John Peel's festive 50 in 1984 and "Ironmasters", the second single from the album, reached number 11 in 1985.
[2] The album also came 10th on
Melody Maker 's End Of Year Critic Lists 1985.
[3] Personnel [4]
The Men They Couldn't Hang Shanne Bradley - bass guitar , Tibetan anus fluteStefan Cush (a.k.a. Cush) – vocals, guitar
Jon Odgers – drums, percussion
Philip Odgers (a.k.a. Swill) – vocals, guitar,
Paul Simmonds - guitar, Additional musicians Tom Keane – Uilleann Pipes
Lindsey Lowe – trumpet Production Harold Burgen – Tracks 12 & 13
Nick Lowe – Track 11Philip Chevron - Tracks 4, 5, 6, 10 & 14Tony Poole - Tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 16 Engineer Photography Track listing Original Side 1 Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 1. "The Day After" Philip Odgers Swill, Cush 2 :41 2. "Jack Dandy" Paul Simmonds Swill, Cush 2 :24 3. "A Night to Remember" Philip Odgers Swill 3 :14 4. "Johnny Come Home" Paul Simmonds Swill 2 :26 5. "The Green Fields of France"
Eric Bogle Cush 6 :29
Original Side 2 Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 6. "Ironmasters" Paul Simmonds Swill, Cush 4 :11 7. "Hush Little Baby" Paul Simmonds Swill, Cush 4 :22 8. "Walkin' Talkin'" Philip Odgers Swill, Cush 2 :25 9. "Kingdom Come" Paul Simmonds Swill, Cush 3 :09 10. "Scarlet Ribbons" Paul Simmonds Cush, Swill 5 :55
Additional Tracks on CD version Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 11. "Greenback Dollar" Hoyt Axton Cush, Swill 2 :37 12. "The Bells" Paul Simmonds Cush, Swill 2 :19 13. "Hell or England" Philip Gaston Cush 1 :42 14. "The Men They Couldn't Hang" Paul Simmonds, Philip Odgers, Shanne Bradley , Stefan Cush Swill, Cush 2 :27
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